Benjamin Duke Nabers (November 7, 1812 – September 6, 1878) was a

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Biography

Born in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020 Uni ...

, Nabers attended the common schools. He moved to

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. He engaged as a commission merchant. Held several local offices. Nabers was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful Unionist candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. He moved to

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in

. He served as presidential elector on the Constitutional-Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860. He returned to Mississippi and settled at Holly Springs, Marshall County, in 1860. Chancery clerk 1870–1874. He served as member of the governing board of the

Jackson State Penitentiary Michigan State Prison or Jackson State Prison, which opened in 1839, was the first prison in Michigan. After 150 years, the prison was divided, starting in 1988, into four distinct prisons, still in Jackson: the Parnall Correctional Facility whic ...

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, for two years. He died at

Holly Springs, Mississippi Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 6,96 ...

, September 6, 1878. He was interred at the

Hillcrest Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. Established in 1837, it is known as the "Little Arlington of the South." It contains the graves of a U.S. Senator and five Confederate generals. Location Th ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nabers, Benjamin Duke 1812 births 1878 deaths People from Franklin, Tennessee Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi Mississippi Unionists Tennessee Constitutional Unionists 1860 United States presidential electors People from Benton County, Mississippi Burials at Hillcrest Cemetery Members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives